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Beitbridge Border Post traffic movement resumes
Cross-border traffic between Zimbabwe and South Africa resumed on Monday night following a temporary shutdown at the Beitbridge Port of Entry (PoE), after a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tanker fell of...Published: 13 hrs ago | 115 | by Staff reporter
Employee blows employer's US$2,937 on hotel stay
A 26-year-old man from Bulawayo's Gwabalanda suburb, Mxolisi Moyo, appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate Steve Ramaboena facing charges of theft involving approximately US$2,937 from his employer. Moyo ...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:30hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
ZERA goes after unlicensed LPG, fuel dealers
Zimbabwe's Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is set to crack down on unauthorized fuel dealers, a move that is expected to impact informal traders significantly. The surge in informality has led to n...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$11m LP gas depot complete
GAS supplies are now more assured with the operationalisation of the first phase of the US$11 million liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage and handling facility with a holding capacity of 650 tonnes ...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
LP gas vendors arrested
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has reported the arrest and conviction of a minimum of 80 illegal vendors of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP gas) since the start of the year, along with th...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zera hikes price of gas effective immediately
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed upwards the price of Liquefied Petroleum (LP Gas).In a statement, the energy regulator noted that it had increased the price of LP ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 07:22hrs | | by Staf reporter
Egodini to open for buses, kombis in December
COMMUTER buses and kombis are set to return to Egodini by December when Phase 1A of the much-anticipated Egodini Mall and Bus Terminus upgrading project is expected to have been completed, Bulawayo Ci...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Faulty Zesa meters headache for residents
SOME Bulawayo residents are living in houses without electricity due to defective prepaid electricity meters that Zesa installed at their homes.The power utility is failing to replace the faul...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zera mulls Z$ gas sales
GOVERNMENT is in process of putting measures to ensure that liquefied petroleum (LP) gas and fuel is sold in local currency, Energy deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa has said.Statistics from the Z...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZERA hikes LPG gas prices
Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has made an upward review of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices to US$2,05 per kg effective from November 8, 2021.The liquid petroleum gas i...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to pipe pre-paid gas to homes
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will now install pre-paid gas meters in new residential areas under a piped gas reticulation system, as the local authority seeks alternative revenue streams as demand for ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zera releases new retail price for LPG
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has set retail prices for Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas following complaints of overpricing. Most residents in suburbs where there is no electricity use gas...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
LP Gas shortage hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is facing a shortage of Liquid Petroleum (LP) Gas which has seen the commodity's price going up in the few centres where it is being sold. Sources said the shortage is partly due to d...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run economics haunting Mthuli Ncube
The prices of basic commodities have gone up and the cost of living is sky rocketing because of this ridiculous Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 recently introduced by Minister of Finance Dr Mth...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Load shedding hits Gwanda
MOST suburbs in Gwanda and the central business district have since Monday last week been going for two to three hours per day without electricity, forcing residents to resort to alternative energy so...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
LP gas shortage hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is facing an acute shortage of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas resulting in its price shooting up by 80 percent since mid-December. For the past week Bulawayo residents who use LP gas ha...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs blackout likely to stretch until weekend
Suburbs in Bulawayo that have not had electricity since Monday following a major fault at Richmond Substation are likely to be in darkness until the weekend.Some of the suburbs which have been...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zera raises alarm on illegal gas fillers
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has expressed concern at the mushrooming of roadside and backyard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LP gas) filling posts, saying they should be regularised to a...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reels as 18-hr power cuts
For Cosmas Kabondo, the rolling 18-hour power cuts have made life more expensive as his family is scrambling for alternative sources of energy.Zimbabwe's power crisis deepened early this month...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Expert advice on gas usage
• LPG has an added odour which should be used as a security feature as you should make sure you use LP Gas in well ventilated places only • Cylinder valves should be checked regularly and ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant woman was burnt to death
A CHITUNGWIZA pregnant woman was burnt to death while trying to save essentials, popularly known as preparation, for her unborn child. Primrose Panganai, 23, of Unit P in Chitungwiza was burnt...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Explosion alert sends panic through Beitbridge Border Post
Officials at Beitbridge Border Post are in panic mode after a gas tanker that may explode at any moment rolled onto a woman's car today Sunday 28 April at around 7pm and severely injuring her.The ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 20:07hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
LP gas demand up 100%
THE demand for liquefied petroleum (LP) gas has increased by more than 100 percent in Bulawayo, putting pressure on suppliers who import the product mainly from South Africa. Distributors and ...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt shouldn't make Mugabe look like a saint
The current fuel shortages being experienced in the country are a reminder to all and sundry that Zimbabwe is a long way off from stabilising its sickly economy.And the prevailing economic sit...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 09:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel situation gets desperate
Suppliers are apparently refusing to release fuel to Zimbabwe until the government settles what it owes to them, the Daily News was told yesterday.This comes as the prices of fuel are going do...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Storing an LP gas cylinder safely
There are specific guidelines that should always be followed when storing LP gas cylinders.These guidelines help to prevent unnecessary accidents that could cause serious damage.The st...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Thomas Shane Matle
$1 million gas depot for Bulawayo
LP Gas firm, Matsa Energy, is in the process of setting up a $1 million depot in Bulawayo, a move which will increase supplies and create more job opportunities for locals.The gas depot will b...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo defends Sakunda boss AKA 'Queen B'
An explosive social media broadcast by a Zanu-PF insider last week sparked debate about an alleged cartel controlling fuel distribution in the country amid allegations of abuse of foreign currency....Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to get $15m gas plant
A LEADING Chinese gas manufacturer, Chingases Company Limited, plans to set up a $15 million plant in Bulawayo under the Special Economic Zones (SEZs).The company, which is presently operating...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gilbert Muponda goes back to his roots
Growing up in Zimbabwe's high-density suburb of Warren Park in the early 1980s Gilbert Muponda was an astute and intelligent young kid, who dreamt of fast cars and wanted to be a lawyer.He was...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho
Mahomed Mussa denies cash stashing allegations
Mahomed Mussa, arguably one of Zimbabwe's largest wholesalers, has denied allegations it stashes cash "under the pillow," saying it deposits its cash with local banks in line with the country's moneta...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare's intricate web of burglars, drug-dealers and sex workers
After Temba Phiri* woke up to the terrible news that burglars had ransacked his Harare apartment and got away with goods worth thousands of dollars, his first instinct was to make a police report, aft...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel imports for own consumption to be banned in Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT is in the process of crafting a legal instrument that will ban petroleum companies from holding both wholesaling and retailing licences as a deliberate move to loosen the stranglehold that ...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Africa Moyo
Zimbabwe suburbs going for 24 hours without electricity
ELECTRICITY generation at the country's power stations has plummeted to 984 megawatts against daily demand of 2 000MW, resulting in increased load-shedding and unscheduled power supply disruptions cou...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 06:11hrs | | by Abigail Mawonde
Zimbabwe pushes for use of LP gas
Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge says the Government is pushing for the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, especially for cooking to lessen the burden on the electricity grid, but...Published: 19 Mar 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 flat-belly tricks
Most women have experienced the feeling of being bloated at some point in their lives. However, for some it can be a recurring problem, leading to frequent discomfort and embarrassment. To help be...Published: 04 Sep 2012 at 14:00hrs | 1 | by RealBuzz.com
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